PHILADELPHIA – Marion Weiss,  professor of architecture in the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, has been selected as a 2012 fellow by the American Institute of Architecture. The Fellowship honors architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession.

Weiss, the co-founder of the firm Weiss/Manfredi in New York, is among 105 AIA members selected to the College of Fellows this year.  They will be honored at the AIA’s national convention in Washington, D.C., in May.

 Additional information about the AIA Fellows is available at http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/2012/fellows/index.htm.